Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Jacob meets his dad back at the pub, where his dad is working on his laptop. His dad asks about the house, and Jacob tells him that it is trashed and that no one has lived there in a while. His dad confesses that he used to be interested in Abraham, but after some time, he wasn’t interested anymore. Jacob’s dad explains that Abraham wasn’t much of a father—he was always away on trips. One story, accompanied by a picture, demonstrates the abandonment Jacob’s father felt. One Halloween, Jacob’s dad, dressed as a bunny, was ready to go trick-or-treating. He waited for Abraham and Abraham never showed up. He confides: “I never dug too deep with your grandpa because I was afraid of what I’d find.” One reason for this fear was his dad and grandmother’s suspicion of the existence of another woman who motivated Abraham to leave the house so often.

Jacob balks at the accusation, and his dad accuses him of worshipping Abraham. Jacob can’t imagine his grandfather being anything but honorable, so he rushes out of the pub: “I slammed out of the Priest Hole and started walking, heading nowhere in particular. Sometimes you just need to go through a door.